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Worldly Quotes (page 510)

John Bunyan quote: "What God says is best, is best, though all the men in the..."
What God says is best, is best, though all the men in the world are against it. John Bunyan
Leo Tolstoy quote: "Can it be that there is not enough space for man in this..."
Can it be that there is not enough space for man in this beautiful world, under those immeasurable, starry heavens? Leo Tolstoy
I have been taken by Satan into the highest mountain in the earth, and when there he said he to me, ‘Child of earth, what wouldst thou have to make thee adore me?’ I replied, ‘Listen, I wish to be Providence myself, for I feel that the most beautiful, noblest, most sublime thing in the world, is to recompense and punish. Alexander Dumas
Musings. The little poets sing of little things: Hope, cheer, and faith, small queens and puppet kings; Lovers who kissed and then were made as one, And modest flowers waving in the sun. The mighty poets write in blood and tears. And agony that, flame-like, bites and sears. They reach their mad blind hands into the night, To plumb abysses dead to human sight; To drag from gulfs where lunacy lies curled, Mad, monstrous nightmare shapes to blast the world.[click on the thumbnail] Robert E. Howard
Are you New World or Old?' 'Sounds like a novel by Henry James.' 'Never read him.' 'Don't. But that was his question and he plumped for the Old. Robertson Davies
To cite the facts of history is to fall prey to 'moral equivalence,' or 'political correctness,' or 'the error of of atheism,' or one of the other misdeeds concocted to guard against the sins of understanding and insight into the real world. Noam Chomsky
She perceived vaguely the pitiful corruption of the adult world; how cruel and frail it was, like a worn piece of burlap, patched with stupidities and mistakes, useless and ugly, and yet they never saw its worthlessness. John Cheever
Chaim Potok quote: "No one knows he is fortunate until he becomes unfortunate,..."
No one knows he is fortunate until he becomes unfortunate, that's the way the world is. Chaim Potok
Anne Rice quote: "An evil for these times destined to move through the world in..."
An evil for these times destined to move through the world in handsome human guise. Anne Rice
There is a very real relationship, both quantitatively and qualitatively, between what you contribute and what you get out of this world. Oscar Hammerstein II
The bartenders are the regular band of Jack, and the heavenly drummer who looks up to the sky with blue eyes, with a beard, is wailing beer-caps of bottles and jamming on the cash register and everything is going to the beat - It's the beat generation, its bat, it's the beat to keep, it's the beat of the heart, it's being beat and down in the world and like oldtime lowdown. Jack Kerouac
Cormac McCarthy quote: "Themselves among others, everything in its place. Justified in..."
Themselves among others, everything in its place. Justified in the world. Cormac McCarthy
But still, it looked completely natural, as if we had been kissing at the ends of sentences for ages, while the rest of the world was still hung up on punctuation. Jodi Picoult
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe quote: "The world only goes forward because of those who oppose it."
The world only goes forward because of those who oppose it. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
For most people, there are only two places in the world. Where they live and their TV set. If a thing happens on television, we have every right to find it fascinating, whatever it is. Don DeLillo

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